Foundation stone of TAPI gas project laid in Mary city of Turkmenistan
PM said TAPI gas pipeline project will help promote peace and trade amongst the regional countries.
TURKMENISTAN (Web Desk) - The foundation stone of TAPI gas pipeline project was laid at the Mary city of Turkmenistan on Sunday, reported Radio Pakistan.
Prime Minister (PM) Nawaz Sharif, Afghan President Ashraf Ghani, Turkmenistan President Gurbanguly Berdimohamedov and Indian Vice President Muhammad Hamid Ansari jointly performed the ground breaking of the 10 billion dollars trans-regional energy project.
Addressing the ceremony, PM Nawaz said the groundbreaking of this mega project is the outcome of political acumen of the four regional countries.
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He said TAPI gas pipeline project will help promote peace and trade amongst the regional countries.
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani stated that TAPI reflects the immense potential of the region to move forward in different fields and will change the economic landscape of this region. He accredited the leaders of Pakistan and Turkmenistan for the launch of the project.
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PM Nawaz in his yesterday’s address emphatically stated that Pakistan attaches great importance to the TAPI project. With the completion of this project, Pakistan will get 1325 MMCFD supply of natural gas which will help overcome the energy deficit.
Meanwhile, PM Nawaz, Afghan President Ashraf Ghani, Turkmenistan President Gurbanguly Berdimohamedow and Indian Vice President Muhammad Hamid Ansari also held a meeting.
They discussed the 10 billion dollars TAPI gas pipeline project which is expected to be completed by 2018.
The leaders emphasized the need for enhanced connectivity for peace and stability in the region.
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The premier is on a two-day visit to Turkmenistan and is accompanied by State Minister for Petroleum Jam Kamal and Special Assistant to Prime Minister on Foreign Affairs Tariq Fatemi.
TAPI, as the proposed 1,735-kilometer (1,140-mile) pipeline is known, is intended to carry 33 billion cubic meters of gas annually through the Afghan cities of Herat and Kandahar and end up in the India-Pakistan border town of Fazilka.
